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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sent on behalf of Dean Tedesco</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Cullen College Faculty and Staff,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Each year faculty and staff within the college convene to discuss the current status and future goals of the Cullen College. At this year's Executive Retreat on May 22-23, we heard presentations from key leaders and innovators both inside
and outside of the Cullen College, including:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li>John Vasselli, Dean, Engineering Center of Excellence, Houston Community College<o:p></o:p></li><li>Stephen Spann, Founding Dean, UH College of Medicine<o:p></o:p></li><li>Amr Elnashai, Vice President, Research and Technology Transfer<o:p></o:p></li><li>Hanadi Rifai, Associate Dean, Research and Facilities<o:p></o:p></li><li>Haleh Ardebili, Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship<o:p></o:p></li><li>Suresh Khator, Associate Dean, Graduate Programs and Computing Facilities<o:p></o:p></li><li>Andrea Prosperetti, Director, Center for Advanced Computing and Data Science<o:p></o:p></li><li>Alamgir Karim, Director, Materials Engineering Program<o:p></o:p></li><li>Badri Roysam, Department Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All of the presentations listed above are available for viewing on the college's intranet site (<a href="https://intranet.egr.uh.edu/" target="_blank" id="LPlnk992475" class="OWAAutoLink">https://intranet.egr.uh.edu</a>) by typing in your
Cougarnet credentials. Please <a href="https://intranet.egr.uh.edu/executive-retreat/presentations/2017" target="_blank">click here</a> (<a href="https://intranet.egr.uh.edu/executive-retreat/presentations/2018">https://intranet.egr.uh.edu/executive-retreat/presentations/2018</a>)
for a direct link to the 2018 Executive Retreat presentations.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A summary report of all of the group discussions from the 2018 Executive Retreat is available here:
<a href="https://intranet.egr.uh.edu/sites/intranet.egr.uh.edu/files/files/executive_retreat/CEE-executive-retreat-2018-summary.pdf">
https://intranet.egr.uh.edu/sites/intranet.egr.uh.edu/files/files/executive_retreat/CEE-executive-retreat-2018-summary.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Based on the discussions and feedback of our executive retreat groups, we have updated the college’s Strategic Plan. The updated Strategic Plan is also posted on the college’s intranet site.
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<p class="MsoNormal">As always, your feedback is welcome and much appreciated. Please feel free to email me at <a href="mailto:dean@egr.uh.edu" target="_blank">dean@egr.uh.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joseph W. Tedesco Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean<o:p></o:p></p>
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